Fuel subsidy and the Nigerian state, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and civil society are, I believe, ready for the fight. This time, however, I would ...
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Buhari: The last days and a frenzy of “governance”, By Jibrin Ibrahim
President Muhammadu Buhari Requests for approvals are flooding the National Assembly, new loans are being taken and above all, publications ...
Finally, President Buhari develops a governance plan!, By Jibrin Ibrahim
President Muhammadu Buhari Clearly, he does not even understand that such action is an insult and deeply disrespectful of the ...
Cuba: We did not come to Africa to steal your resources, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Way back in 1960, when France was trying to destroy Guinea because the people said no to colonialism, Castro and ...
Post-election agenda: Building social cohesion in Nigeria, By Jibrin Ibrahim
At the end of the day, the success of the Nigeria project will depend on our ability to engage in ...
Recovering from the 2023 elections trauma, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi. As the cacophony of bigotry gets lauder, no one is even posing the ...
From elections to governance and performance, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja. Picture credit: Ovinuchi Prince Ejiohuo/Wikimedia Commons Public service needs to work hard to re-institute the process ...
Apropos of the so-called Interim National Government, By Jibrin Ibrahim
DSS Any attempt to truncate our democracy is a threat to the existence of the state itself and must be ...
Elections with guns to the head: Reversing judiciary-induced democratic regression, By Jibrin Ibrahim
In most of such cases of signing results under duress, the judiciary has chosen to play dumb by ruling that ...
Five truths about the Nigerian presidential election, By Jibrin Ibrahim
FILE: INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Photo; FACBOOK/INECNIGERIA ...the leadership of INEC is guilty-as-charged for eroding the credibility of the ...
Social media and the 2023 election campaigns, By Jibrin Ibrahim
This makes curbing disinformation very challenging in Nigeria. But at the same time, these networks for the flow of information ...
2023 campaign: It’s still a four horse race, By Jibrin Ibrahim
2023 elections: Tinubu. Atiku. Kwankwaso and Obi As the elections approach, the four leading candidates remain on course to realise ...
Trust dialogue on the 2023 presidential agenda, By Jibrin Ibrahim
2023 elections: Tinubu. Atiku. Kwankwaso and Obi The candidates are telling us that they know the problems and are promising ...
Mudslinging intensifies as elections approach, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Some of the top candidates who are refusing to debate amongst themselves have focused their attention on insulting their rivals ...
Policy making as make-belief, By Jibrin Ibrahim
I spoke to some people with inside information and was told essentially that the whole charade is some drama. By ...
The Sahel and the return of the military, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The current crisis in the Sahel is linked to the geopolitics of the return of the military. Mali has exercised ...
Bidding farewell to 2022: Nigeria and the question of leadership, By Jibrin Ibrahim
As we move into 2023, we the people must take the resolve that Nigeria can and must address the security ...
The CBN currency plan: Deepening distrust, causing disaffection, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) I am surprised that such a policy is being introduced during a very delicate election ...
2023: Fears over election violence, By Jibrin Ibrahim
What has been of even greater concern is the repetition of incidents of verbal and physical attacks between politicians, whose ...
State of governance in the Sahel, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The key to understanding the crisis in the Sahel is the collapse of the legitimacy of governing classes and the ...
The AriseNews/CDD townhall meeting and 2023 elections, By Jibrin Ibrahim
All candidates should be ready, willing and able to participate in public platforms where other candidates are present to challenge ...
The importance of civil language in the campaigns, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Civil and refined manners and language are very important parts of maintaining peace and cohesion in human society. The stakes ...
The politics of redesigning the naira, By Jibrin Ibrahim
If I was a cynic, I would have doubted the motives of the governor of the CBN on choosing this ...
Addressing the existential crisis in the Sahel, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The Sahel (Photo Credit: ThingLink). The Panel is charged with carrying out a strategic diagnosis of the difficult equations between ...
Nigeria in 2050, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Nigeria’s population is forecast to increase to over 450 million by 2050, by which time it will be the third ...